Coronavirus thread

[Madiel]

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying and implicit in this is that the virus has never been anywhere as severe as our media and our govt's have made out.

The severity of the virus is based on deaths worldwide, not deaths in Australia.

[arpeggio]

My brother is an antiques gun dealer.

When he was younger, he was very liberal.  As a result of attending all of these gun shows and interacting with other gun dealers, who are very conservative, he has become very conservative himself.

Even though my sister-in-law is also conservative she is also a nurse and has taken the coronavirus seriously.  My ninety-eight year old mother lives with them and she made sure all of them have been vaccinated and had their boosters.

Although my sister-in-law tries to make sure by brother is careful, when out of her control he has been very reckless.

As a result, he got infected and infected my sister-in-law and my mother.  She told me that the vaccinations probably save my mother's life and she is furious at my brother.

[prémont]

It was bound to happen sooner or later with the great corona infection pressure we have been seeing lately. Both my wife and I yesterday tested positive for corona (PCR test) although we have really taken good care to avoid it. I'm in the high-risk group, and have unfortunately probably been infected the same day I got the fourth Pfizer jab. I currently have moderate symptoms, but have consulted my doctor for antiviral treatment. My wife has so far very mild symptoms.

[Florestan]

It was bound to happen sooner or later with the great corona infection pressure we have been seeing lately. Both my wife and I yesterday tested positive for corona (PCR test) although we have really taken good care to avoid it. I'm in the high-risk group, and have unfortunately probably been infected the same day I got the fourth Pfizer jab. I currently have moderate symptoms, but have consulted my doctor for antiviral treatment. My wife has so far very mild symptoms.

I'm very sorry to hear that. I hope both you and your wife recover quickly and without complications. My best wishes to you both!

[Karl Henning]

I'm very sorry to hear that. I hope both you and your wife recover quickly and without complications. My best wishes to you both!

A hearty + 1, Poul!

[Mandryka]

It was bound to happen sooner or later with the great corona infection pressure we have been seeing lately. Both my wife and I yesterday tested positive for corona (PCR test) although we have really taken good care to avoid it. I'm in the high-risk group, and have unfortunately probably been infected the same day I got the fourth Pfizer jab. I currently have moderate symptoms, but have consulted my doctor for antiviral treatment. My wife has so far very mild symptoms.

Well that's not good news and as you say it was probably inevitable that you'd catch it some time, and it's good you've got access to antivirals. Keep your pecker up.

[prémont]

Thanks, Andrei, Karl and Howard.

[drogulus]

     My first and only Covid test was negative. I'm almost disappointed since I'm maximally jabbed and would welcome being super-immune and nearly immortal.

[Madiel]

Best wishes Poul for a speedy recovery.

[Papy Oli]

It was bound to happen sooner or later with the great corona infection pressure we have been seeing lately. Both my wife and I yesterday tested positive for corona (PCR test) although we have really taken good care to avoid it. I'm in the high-risk group, and have unfortunately probably been infected the same day I got the fourth Pfizer jab. I currently have moderate symptoms, but have consulted my doctor for antiviral treatment. My wife has so far very mild symptoms.

Speedy recovery to you both, Poul.

[MusicTurner]

Speedy recovery to you both, Poul.

... also from me.

[ritter]

I too wish Poul and his wife a quick and full recovery.

[drogulus]

     Striking new evidence points to seafood market in Wuhan as pandemic origin point

Over the weekend, an international team of scientists published two extensive papers online, offering the strongest evidence to date that the COVID-19 pandemic originated in animals at a market in Wuhan, China. Specifically, they conclude that the coronavirus most likely jumped from a caged wild animal into people at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, where a huge COVID-19 outbreak began in December 2019.

Scientists who weren't involved in the research papers are calling the new data "very convincing" and a "blow" to the lab-leak theory — that the virus somehow escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which does research on coronaviruses. In reaction to the papers, they say the newly published data is tipping the scales toward wildlife sold at the market.

"The studies don't exclude other hypotheses entirely," says virologist Jeremy Kamil, who's at Louisiana State University Health Shreveport and was not involved in this research. "But they absolutely are pushing it toward an animal origin."

[prémont]

Thanks all of you for your kind wishes. 

The next five days will be critical. I shall receive the antiviral treatment on monday, unfortunately a bit later than what's optimal, but the hospitals are crowded.

[North Star]

Thanks all of you for your kind wishes. 

The next five days will be critical. I shall receive the antiviral treatment on monday, unfortunately a bit later than what's optimal, but the hospitals are crowded.

Get well soon, Poul!

[André]

Get well soon, Poul!

+1 👍

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Thanks all of you for your kind wishes. 

The next five days will be critical. I shall receive the antiviral treatment on monday, unfortunately a bit later than what's optimal, but the hospitals are crowded.

Good luck with that Poul.  Best wishes to you and your wife.

PD

[prémont]

Thanks North Star, André and PD. I feel a little bit better today.

[Mandryka]

Thanks North Star, André and PD. I feel a little bit better today.

I was thinking about you this morning, hoping you were feeling well. Good luck tomorrow with the antivirals.

[Mirror Image]

It was bound to happen sooner or later with the great corona infection pressure we have been seeing lately. Both my wife and I yesterday tested positive for corona (PCR test) although we have really taken good care to avoid it. I'm in the high-risk group, and have unfortunately probably been infected the same day I got the fourth Pfizer jab. I currently have moderate symptoms, but have consulted my doctor for antiviral treatment. My wife has so far very mild symptoms.

I'm terribly sorry to hear about about this, premont. I hope for a speedy recovery for both you and your wife.